The is a

Go competition This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f ...

. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the

Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin'' (名 ''mei'' "excellent, artful", 人 ''jin'' "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (t ...

title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and

Nippon Life Insurance , also known as or is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue. The company was founded in 1889 as the ''Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc.'' In structure it is a mutual company. It first paid policyholder dividends in 1898. Ov ...

. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen ($48,000). The tournament was not held in 2020 due to loss of sponsorship, but resumed for the 32nd tournament in 2021 with a new sponsor.

Past winners

Winners in chronological order: Winners by number of titles:

References

External links

Nihon Ki-in archive
(in Japanese) {{Go-stub Go competitions in Japan Nippon Life